About this artwork
Images such as the Man of Sorrows were intended to shock the beholder into repentance. The pristine condition, and even survival, of this hand-colored woodcut is primarily due to its having been pasted-like many early devotional woodcuts-within a protective book cover. This unique impression was discovered amidst the rubble during the bombardment of London in 1945.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Unknown artist
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Title
- Man of Sorrows
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Place
- Germany (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1460–1475
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Medium
- Woodcut hand-colored with brush and watercolor on cream laid paper, edge-mounted to vellum, laid down on wooden book cover covered in hand-tooled leather with tooled metal hinges
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Dimensions
- Image: 39.7 × 26.2 cm (15 11/16 × 10 3/8 in.); Sheet: 40.5 × 26.9 cm (16 × 10 5/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Waller Fund; gifts of Mrs. Tiffany Blake, Thomas E. Donnelley, Emil Eitel, Carolyn Morse Ely, Alfred E. Hamill, Frank B. Hubachek, Monarch Leather, and Mrs. Potter Palmer
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Reference Number
- 1947.731
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/105719/manifest.json
Extended information about this artwork
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